APHC010280452026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3573] FRIDAY,THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE BALAJI MEDAMALLI CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 4462/2026 Between: 1. DANDU KRUPA KUMAR, S/O. PRASANNA KUMAR,AGED 24 YEARS, OCC DRIVER,R/O. JIO KONA, SLV NAGAR,TIRUPATITOWN, TIRUPATI DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, rep by its Public Prosecutor,High Court of Andhra Pradesh,At Amaravati. ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT Petition under Section 437/438/439/482 of Cr.P.C and 528 of BNSS praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of Grounds of Criminal Petition, the High Court pleased to release the Petitioner/Accused No. 4 on bail, pending investigation, inquiry and trial in Crime No. 25/2026 of Khajipeta U/G Police Station, Kadapa District and pass Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. D PURNACHANDRA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent/complainant: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following: 2 O R D E R This Criminal Petition, under Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed by the Petitioner/A.4, seeking bail, in Crime No.25/2026 of Khajipeta U/G Police Station, Kadapa District. 2. A case has been registered against the Petitioner/A.4 herein and other accused for the offences punishable under Sections 303(2), 132, 49, 61(2) r/w.3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 20(1)(d)(i)(a) r/w.Section 20(1)(c)(ii)(iii)(iv)(x), Section 36(a) r/w.32(A) of A.P. Forest (Amendment) Act, 2016, Rule 3 & 4 of A.P. Sandalwood and Red Sander Wood Transit Rules, 1969, Section 29(4)(i) of the A.P. Forest Amendment Act, 2016 and Section 3 of PDPP Act, 1984. 3. Today, when the matter was taken up for hearing, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that the matter had become infructuous, as the petitioner had been granted statutory bail by the trial Court. 4. Recording the same, the Criminal Petition is dismissed as infructuous. As a sequel thereto, the miscellaneous applications, if any, pending in this Criminal Petition, shall stand closed. ___________________________ JUSTICE BALAJI MEDAMALLI Date: 22.05.2026. MS 3 HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE BALAJI MEDAMALLI Criminal Petition No: 4462 of 2026 Date: 22.05.2026 MS